The Prophet and the kings: the six sovereigns of Quṣayr ‘Amra in the light of the new restoration
Since its discovery by Alois Musil in 1898, the extraordinary wall-painting at Quúayr ‘Amra that features six rulers, three of whom labelled in Greek and Ara-bic as «Caesar», «Chosroes» and «Negus» respectively, has stimulated imagina-tion and critical insight of generations of scholars. Damaged soo...
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| Language: | English |
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2020
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Orientalia christiana periodica
Year: 2020, Volume: 86, Issue: 2, Pages: 437-448 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Qusayr 'Amra
/ Painting
/ Interpretation
B Muḥammad 570-632 / Islam / History 600-700 |
| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion BJ Islam KBL Near East and North Africa |